FADJA 2014 surpassed goals and expectations

2014-05-06

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(Colombia).- FADJA boasted120 exhibitors, 30 of which were attending for the first time, as well as 6000 visitors to Corferias, last April 23 and 24. After its 16th edition FADJA was described as the most important event in Latin America, highlighting its General Director, Jose Anibal Aguirre. At the same time it announced a new branch of the gaming industry in Colombia which will continue highlighting a very important economic sector which generates employment, opportunities and development.

A varied selection of equipment and machines for casinos, bingos, gaming rooms, lotteries, betting, billiards, management systems, administration and mounting for all kinds of businesses related to the gaming industries made possible the full satisfaction of the operators who came from all corners of the world as well as other nations of the continent last April 23 and 24 to the most attractive market in Latin America.

From large equipment and small chips, they came from 18 countries such as Argentina, Peru, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Panama, Mexico, The United States, The United Kingdome, Slovenia, Ukraine, Rumania, Italy, Russia, Malta, Taiwan, and of course, from Colombia.

The highlight of the tradeshow was no doubt the new Business Round sponsored by SU RED, a brand of the organization Corredor Empresarial, S.A., which is currently competing in the bidding for Sports Betting in Colombia.

On the other hand, the discussion group on Company Social Responsibility was made up of personalities such as the Colombian former Minister Jorge Valencia Jaramillo, Hernan Najenson of the Argentine State Lottery Association – ALEA, Nestor Cotiggnola, of the Latin American Lottery and State Betting Corporation – CIBELAE, from Chile, Isaac Latorres of FIDEN – of the Association of Operators, Manufacturers and importers of Electronic Entertainment, Dario Piccirilli, from Argentina and Julian Graves, Managing Director, Clarion Events Gaming Division - Group Marketing Director.

In the same event, the Cross-Sector Committee for Social Responsibility on Gaming was constituted by the representatives of FECEAZAR, FEDELCO, FECOLJUEGOS, CONNAZAR, CorredorEmpresarial, GTECH and Novomatic.

The Colombian Federation of Gaming Entrepreneurs (FECEAZAR) and the Colombian Federation of Casinos and Bingos (FECOLJUEGOS) organized the II Congress of Compliance Officerswith notable success, thanks to the support of Coljuegos and the presence of its President, Cristina Arango Olaya. At FADJA, COLJUEGO walked around its hallways, visited exhibitors and chatted with associations, lotteries and the trade show organizers.

With an emotional closing, and for a perfect finale, Colombian woman fromthe Miss Gaming Colombia pageant took the state bearing the slogan “Beauty comes with Social Responsibility.”